Kamenné pařezy
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Sokolov
Village:
Habartov
Cadastre:
Habartov
Map sheets:
11-14 Cheb, 11-142 Sokolov
Accessibility:
access without footpath
Technical object:
mine, guarry
ID:
2534
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A horizon of large mineralized tree stumps in the wall of the former Medard-Libík open-pit coal mine near Habartov, now under reclamation. The stumps are enclosed in tuffs of the Chodov Member of the Nové Sedlo Formation (Oligocene/Miocene boundary, ca. 23.5 mil. years) which buried them during a volcanic eruption. Finds of fossil flora. Products of the individual explosive events are separated by fossil soils with siderite concretions. An instructive outcrop, the only one in the Chodov Member in the Sokolov Basin.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
geology, stratigraphy, paleontology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon:
araucarites, fossils-flora
Genesis:
anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), chemogenetic, weathering , volcanic , sedimentary
Rock:
volcaniclastic deposits, coal
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Part of national geopark:
Egeria
Conflicts of interests:
reclamation, collection
References
- Dašková, J. (2004): Zkamenělý prales. - National Geographic ČR, duben 2004. Rojík, P. (2004): Tektonosedimentární vývoj sokolovské pánve. - Disertační práce PřF UK v Praze
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Rojík, 20.03.2006
Updated by:
Hrazdíra Petr, 15.09.2009, Gürtlerová Pavla, 20.11.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2534 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2534.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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